Question

In one class, homework is worth 10% of the final grade, each of 3 projects is worth 20%, and a final exam is worth 30%.
(a) If a student has an 81 homework average and a 95 on the first project, what is the student's grade at this point?
(b) If the same student from part (a) gets a 72 on the second project and a 71 on the third project, what is the lowest grade the student can get on the final exam to get an 80 overall in the course?
(a) The grade at this point is_____
(Simplify your answer. Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)
(b) The lowest possible grade is____
(Simplify your answer. Round to the nearest integer as needed.)

Answer 1

a) At this point, the grade is 27.1

b)  The lowest possible grade is 81

How to get the grades of the student?

a) At this point the student has 81 in homework and 95 on the first project.

Remember that the homework is worth 10% of the final grade, and each project is worth 20%, then at this point the final grade is:

F = 0.10*81 + 0.20*95 = 27.1

b) The student gets 72 on the second project and 71 on the third project, at this point the final grade is:

F = 27.1 + 0.20*72 + 0.20*71 = 55.7

Now the student wants to get a final grade of 80, then if we define x as the grade on the final exam (which is worth 30%) we must have that:

55.7 + 0.30*x = 80

Now we can solve this for x:

x = (80 - 55.7)/0.30 = 81

The lowest possible grade that he must get is 81.

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